document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74629>Question 74629</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.Restricted hours. Alana makes $5.80 per hour working in the library. To keep her job, she must make at least $116 per week: but to keep her scholarship, she must not earn more than $145 per week. What is the range of the number of hours per wek that she may work?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Living comfortably. Gary has figured that he needs to take home $30,000 a year to live comfortably. If the goverment gets 24% of garys income, then what must his income be for him to live comfortably? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=number of hours per week that she may work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then $116<=$5.80(x)<=$145  divide each term of the inequality by $5.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20<=x<=25------------------answer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$5.80*20=$116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.80*25=$145\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=the income that he must have to live comfortably<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we are told that the government will get 24% of his income or (0.24x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the government gets 0.24x, then Gary will have x-0.24x left for himself and this has to equal $30,000.  So our equation to solve is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-0.24x=$30,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.76x=$30,000 divide both sides by 0.76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=$39,473.68-----------------------------------ans\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor<BR>\n" );
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